Hindko, Southern

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A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3
hnd
Alternate Names
Hindko
Autonym
ہندکو‎ (Hindko)
User Population

1,170,000 (2017 census).

Location

Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: Kohat and Peshawar districts; Punjab province: Attock district, to south Hazara division; Islamabad.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Panjabi, Western Panjabi
Dialects

Peshawar Hindko (Peshawari), Attock Hindko (Attock-Haripur Hindko), Kohat Hindko (Kohati), Rural Peshawar Hindko. The dialect in Dera Ismail Khan, sometimes called ‘Hindko’, is reportedly more similar to Saraiki [skr]. A member of macrolanguage Lahnda [lah].

Language Use

Also use Northern Pashto [pbu]. Also use Saraiki [skr]. Also use Urdu [urd]. Also use Western Punjabi [pnb].

Language Development

Literature. Newspapers. Periodicals. Radio. TV. Videos. Dictionary.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Hindko, Southern
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran], primary usage.

Other Comments

Muslim.